Question

Susie has $95 to spend on renting snorkeling gear at the beach. There is a $15 flat service fee to rent the snorkeling gear along with an $8 charge for each hour the gear is used. The inequality that can be used to find the number of hours Susie can rent the snorkeling gear is 15 + 8h ≤ 95. Calculate the maximum number of hours Susie can rent the snorkeling gear.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

10 hours

Explanation:

We can actually solve this problem simply as if it were an equation instead of an inequality. We have:

15 + 8h ≤ 95

Subtract 15 from both sides:

8h ≤ 95 - 15

8h ≤ 80

Divide by 8 from both sides:

h ≤ 80/8

h ≤ 10

So, the number of hours cannot exceed 10, which means the maximum number of hours Susie can rent is 10 hours.